Centrist Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “The rift between centrist and open Orthodoxy is…about the nature of gadolhood and the structure of rabbinic authority…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 January 2017 The rift between centrist and open Orthodoxy, is thus not only about who is...
Orthodoxy “By denying the possibility of goodwill or good intentions, in a manner impossible to falsify, imputation of motives offends, obstructs, and obscures” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 January 2017 An important note: there is a fundamental asymmetry here between the right and the...
Gender, Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “The imputation of unstated motives instantly renders toxic any conversation in which it is inserted” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 December 2016 In any debate over women’s communal and halakhic roles, the Orthodox community’s version of...
Gender, Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “As much rancor and disagreement as there is in the Modern Orthodox world about women in the ritual sphere or leadership roles, there are many places where women’s participation is universally accepted and indeed welcomed, and where attempts to foster it would be generally agreed-upon and uncontroversial” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 December 2016 As much rancor and disagreement as there is in the Modern Orthodox world about...
Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “Our recent communal engagements around women and Orthodoxy have taken on something of the aspect of trench warfare” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 December 2016 Our recent communal engagements around women and Orthodoxy have taken on something of the...
Homosexuality, Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “We can push and tinker around the edges, but as an Orthodox community, we cannot simply change Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 September 2016 Ultimately, we will not succeed in satisfying the full range of expectations of every...
Orthodoxy “There is clearly a desire on the street to ‘grow’ Orthodoxy and invite into it those who have been heretofore excluded” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 September 2016 There is clearly a desire on the street to “grow” Orthodoxy and invite into...
Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “What are the goals of the progressive Orthodox movement and are the strategies currently in place fostering the achievement of those goals?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 August 2016 What are the goals of the progressive Orthodox movement and are the strategies currently...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “We don’t have to listen too closely to hear the loud grumbling in Orthodox circles. Change is afoot” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 August 2016 Tradition is not monolithic, and its orthodox rabbinic leadership has never been more suspect,...
Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “The question is whether change—if and when it comes—will originate out of the effort to preserve tradition or to drag it into lockstep with politics” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 April 2016 Traditional Judaism believes that men and women occupy different roles in society because they...